How Operation Oak is combating Jesmond’s high anti-social behaviour levels
Operation Oak’s main aim is to tackle student ASB and disorder, in a bid to make safer and quieter areas for residents to live, reports Jack Evans
Operation Oak’s main aim is to tackle student ASB and disorder, in a bid to make safer and quieter areas for residents to live, reports Jack Evans
More than 150 years after Newcastle poet and songwriter James Horsley published his famous Lays of Jesmond collection, another local poet aims to revive interest in Jesmond verse at a monthly meet-up that begins next month. Steven Morris will launch his poetry-sharing group on March
Jesmond residents won’t have been surprised by news of an almost 40% increase in rat sightings in the last 12 months, with many home-owners and student tenants noticing an increase in the number of rats in their back gardens or taking advantage of the rubbish
The Jesmond Residents Association has suggested volunteering could help build community spirit, Veby Indah reports
JesmondLocal speaks to those who visited Cow Hill on the Town Moor
Larkspur Terrace residents Tash Finchett, Kate Abery and Eleni Haines are among the latest winners of Newcastle and Northumbria universities’ Best Neighbour on Campus (BNOC) awards.
Students renting privately-owned houses in Jesmond are being encouraged to contact their landlords, after two private student accommodation providers agreed to Newcastle University Student Union’s request for rent discounts during lockdown. After the announcement of the latest national lockdown, Dorothy Chirwa, president of Newcastle University’s
Students leaving Jesmond for the holidays are being encouraged to donate spare food in their cupboards to a new Covid-safe, contactless collection service that will relay it to the city’s foodbanks.
Students from Northumbria and Newcastle universities have expressed concern over the handling of “Operation Oak” this term as well as Newcastle City Council’s use of “Covid marshals” in Jesmond and other student areas.
Police will now patrol student areas every night of the week following an increasing in funding to Operation Oak by the universities, Becca Gibbs reports